Akane beamed at the compliments she received, her pleasure reflected in her light pink cheeks. While her shadow retained it's form, two tails could briefly be seen swishing from side to side. Hearing Lucien cough made her realize it however, and they quickly merged back into her shadow. Sometimes she just couldn't help herself when she got too excited. It was kind of something she was used to.

[color=rosybrown]"I came up with the moves themselves, but I don't deny receiving inspiration and opinions from the rest of the troupe. Cora and Ivory were quite helpful in that! And I give Lucien the credit for the tools, as I hadn't heard of them before he introduced them to me."[/color] She explained. When it came to the usage of tools, Ivory was an expert. Cora helped her in a different way. Her songs always inspired her in different ways, so she could not deny her part in aiding the creation of her routine. The kitsune loved to take inspiration from their everyday lives. It helped her put more feeling and heart into her performance. Sometimes hearing Lucien play his violin helped her too. It was simply a great environment for her. 

Lucien let out a small chuckle. [color=burlywood]"I can't take too much of the credit, I simply gave you options to choose from."[/color] He said before looking at Geralt. [color=burlywood]"She's always been good at feeling the rhythm of music. I have to say she's always been quite the natural dancer."[/color] She had certainly outshined herself this performance. It was heartwarming to see them all try so hard. He had to admit that Akane was someone who always made the best of every performance, no matter how small or large the audience was, she still had fun. 

Having heard her mention Cora, he pulled out his pocket watch again. Geralt hadn't met her yet, and honestly he was hoping to save her for last, maybe avoid it entirely until the night was over. He wouldn't be able to speak with her directly until then anyway, and he figured she might feel better about it if everyone else was there. He was pretty sure Aurel's performance had already started, if they left now they'd be able to catch the last bit of it before Geralt would most likely had to back to his tent for his next act. Ivory and Akane's performances could run long depending on the audience, but Aurel's usually stayed relatively the same, and was usually shorter than theirs, both for his sake and the snakes. He didn't like to be in front of those prying eyes for extensive periods of time. The fact they couldn't see him up close is what made him feel better about it. Honestly he could have found something else for the man to do, but he was insistent on wanting to help back when they had first talked about creating this place. He had truly come a long way since then. Lucien was quite proud.

[color=burlywood]"We should probably get going if you wish to catch the last bit of our charmeur de serpent's act."[/color] He said to Geralt.